The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion. (1861-65). Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon general Joseph K. Barnes, United States army (14739663086)

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Title: The medical and surgical history of the war of the rebellion. (1861-65). Prepared, in accordance with the acts of Congress, under the direction of Surgeon general Joseph K. Barnes, United States army
Year: 1882 (1880s)
Authors: United States Surgeon General's Office Barnes, Joseph K, 1817-1883 Huntington, David Lowe, 1834-1899 Otis, George Alexander, 1830-1881 Smart, Charles Woodward, Joseph Janvier, 1833-1884
Subjects: Medicine, Military Surgery, Military United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Medical and sanitary affairs
Publisher: Washington Govt. print. off
Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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p. 99; and Biennial Retrospect of New Syd. .Soc. for 1805-6. p. 176.This author found amyloid disease of the intestines in five out of forty scrofulous children, all having chronic suppuration of the bones with or withouttuberculosis. The observations were made in the Hopital des enfans m.ilades at Paris. T. G:iAI.\GEli SlltWAr.T—On hwmorrhage from waxy or amjjiMdegeneration, British and Ioreign Med. Chir. Rev., Vol.41, (18S8.J p. 201. This p.aper contains the details of throe cases in which amyloid disease of Uiointestines was found ou post m.irtcm examination. All syphilitic—no bono disease. J This observation is also o-jrrobonitod hy\lv\»i&V)!—Am.:iloidentartungderBauchorgane, Virchows Archiv, Bd. 33, (1863,) S. 76. § The last case cited in the previous nolo. See also an interesting dlscusilon of the relations of amyloid degeneration to syphilis by the sameauthor—JAilierdie Ifatur der constUiUionell-sgphilitisclien Affeclionen. Virchows Archiv, Bd. 15, (1858,) S. 217.
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HeUoiype. y<imes R. Osgood &* Co., Boston. TWO VIEWS OF A PERPENDICULAR SECTION OF COLON.SHOWING MORE ADVANCED INFLAMMATION. Magnified 280 Diameters. PHOTO-MICROGRAPH BV ASSISTANT SURGEON J. J. WOODWARn, U. s. -V. From No. 668. MICROSCOPICAL SECTION. sr.CT. iv.l HISTOLOGY OV Till, INFLAMED INTKSTINES. 335 general tuberculosis, (Friedreich, Neuinann,)andother wasting diseases, (VirchoWjlSTeumann,Lambl,) may induce the general amyloid disease of which the intestinal lesion is only a part. It is reasonable to believe with Virchow* that this lesion must produce serious dis-turbance of the functions of the intestinal canal. Its relations to the inflammatory condi-tions of the intestinal mucous membrane, with which it is so often associated, are lessobvious. According to Playem these inflammatory conditions are the consequence of theamyloid disease. He describes accordingly a psorenterie amyloide\ which terminates inamyloid erosions and ulcerations. It is not clear, however, that the